IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Two Amazon companies have reached a settlement with a company that accused them of patent infringement over the voice processing technology used in the Amazon virtual assistant Alexa, according to a minute entry entered Monday.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2024

In advance of a new trial to determine damages for patent infringement, a district court denied plaintiff’s motion to preclude defendants from introducing the terms of plaintiff’s settlement offers.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Is patent enforcement possible for small companies? Whatever people may have heard about patent enforcement, one thing is clear. Almost everyone knows that patent infringement lawsuits are expensive. If patent infringement litigation is so costly, what options are available to startups and small businesses?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in 2011 against Teva and another generic supplier, Perrigo. Actavis, in violation of Section 5.

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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

Patent 8,129,385 (“patent 385”). This article delves into the legal doctrines that support the parties’ claims and the overarching strategy to their settlement. ViiV alleges Gilead infringed upon patent 385 under the doctrine of equivalents, which has two exclusions: dedication-disclosure and specific exclusion.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 13, 2022

Two vape companies have reached a confidential settlement to resolve claims that the owner of a rival vape maker infringed on their patent, after the Federal Circuit partially reversed a 2019 verdict against the rival company.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A British nanotechnology company said Friday it landed $150 million from its litigation-funded patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung that ended in a settlement last month, just as jury selection was set to kick off in one of the cases in Marshall, Texas.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In February 2020, ParkerVision filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel in Judge Alan Albright’s Waco, Texas, courthouse in the Western District of Texas. ParkerVision still has remaining patent infringement cases in process against TCL, LG, MediaTek and RealTek in Judge Albright’s court.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

The parties were unable to reach a settlement. PUMA also alleges that the Brooks shoe the “Aurora BL” infringes upon their Design Patent No. D897,075 and is being sold in connection with the infringing use of PUMA’s NITRO mark. 1114 and Design Patent Infringement in violation of 35 U.S.C. § § 271 and 283.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 30, 2021

Fish & Richardson obtained a settlement and license agreement for Skull Shaver, LLC, the market leader in uniquely designed and patented handheld electric shavers and personal grooming products, in a patent infringement lawsuit against Magicfly LLC. 8,726,528 (“the ’528 Patent”).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 12, 2025

Over to Ian : "In European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings, a company accused of patent infringement has the right to intervene. In T 1286/23 , related to European patent 2941163, the Board of Appeal has questioned this approach and referred the matter to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for consideration.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

NPEs are a special type of entity that specifically purchases patents or patent rights but does not commodify the patent. The second kind, private parties, often use the patents they acquire for profit through damage or settlement awards, or royalties and licensing rights.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Patents are so important to your success! This is where patenting becomes essential. In this newsletter, I’ll show you the importance of patenting and how it can protect you and your invention when someone uses it without your permission. WHY PATENT AN INVENTION? But what happens when that relationship turns sour?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cloudbreak Therapeutics, LLC addresses whether an IPR petitioner can assert Article III standing on appeal based on potential infringement liability and potential preclusive effects on its patents. 10,149,820 (the “’820 patent”), which is directed to compositions and methods for treating pterygium.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The USPTO is seeking comments on “the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” and how eligibility law impacts both innovation and investment-in-innovation. and (2) Is patent eligibility a question of law for the court or a question of fact for the jury? The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2021. Berkheimer, No.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

remain in settlement talks to resolve a patent infringement dispute over high-top sneaker designs, according to a Tuesday court filing, entering at least their fourth month of trying to resolve the suit. Steve Madden and Converse Inc.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Following years of infringement litigation over its patented wireless chip technologies, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has recently enjoyed a pair of settlement outcomes pointing to the strength of the research university’s patent holdings.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 13, 2021

Cross, the Plaintiff is the owner of three design patents for convertible t-shirt designs, U.S. Patent Nos. D/580,633, D/581,136 , and D/341,471 (collectively, the “Patents in Suit”). due to settlement and a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding the ‘471 Patent. 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Law 360

JULY 10, 2023

Two feuding manufacturers of motors used in boats may have privately settled their patent infringement dispute, but a federal judge in Virginia refused to scuttle his "comprehensive" decision that the patents in the dispute were invalid, since that wasn't part of the settlement deal.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Cost of Protecting Intellectual Property- A typical scenario for a patent infringement lawsuit may begin with some potential defendant selling a product. Next thing: you must defend against a patent infringement suit. By: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 19, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In a recent nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit dismissed Ontel’s appeal seeking to overturn the PTAB’s IPR decision upholding the patentability of Dafni’s hair straightening brush patents. Dafni had originally sued Ontel for infringing several different patents. Ontel Products Corp.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2024

Wendy's International LLC and subsidiary Quality Is Our Recipe LLC have cut a deal to end data patent infringement claims brought against them in a sprawling intellectual property case that has already seen several settlements from other fast-food chains.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2021

Childproof pot packaging company Pollen Gear told a California federal judge it has reached a conditional settlement in a patent infringement suit with a cannabis company that allegedly ripped off its packaging design.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 16, 2024

have agreed to a settlement in principle to resolve their long-running patent infringement dispute, which has seen several patents invalidated, according to a joint motion the parties filed after a jury cleared U.S. Well of infringing three still-registered Halliburton patents.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2025

has reached a settlement with Teva in a patent infringement battle in New Jersey federal court over its U.S. Florida-based Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Beijing said that it would “ strictly enforce patent and copyright laws.” However, Xiaomi has been using a patent by InterDigital Inc. InterDigital, based in Delaware, USA, holds multiple patents for digital technology used in smartphones across the world. InterDigital) to produce those devices.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Some background and how this Played out for Uniloc : HP sold several patents to Uniloc back in 2017 who then sued Apple, Motorola, and Blackboard for patent infringement. Uniloc has a litigation financing relationship with Fortress with the patents serving as collateral for the deal. After some venue-action, Uniloc v.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Circuit has provided additional guidance about an appellant’s standing to appeal IPR decisions after settling the related litigations and entering into patent license agreements. The saga began with Qualcomm accusing Apple of infringing several patents in district court. patents 7,844,037 and 8,683,362.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

APRIL 6, 2017

In a patent infringement case filed in February 2016 in the Eastern District of Texas by Neurovision Medical Products, Inc. The parties continued their settlement discussions and in February 2017, Neurovision’s owner and a Medtronic director exchanged offers and counteroffers by email. By: Sharon Urias, Esq.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 30, 2024

An Indiana federal judge has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit between Knauf Insulation Inc. On August 16, the two companies jointly requested dismissal of the 2015 lawsuit, which alleged that Johns Manville’s EasyFit and Flex-Glass insulation products infringed on seven Knauf patents. and Johns Manville Corp.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

Micro Labs Limited the Delhi High Court granted an ex-parte interim injunction in favour of the plaintiff in a case involving a patent of the compound ‘Apixaban’. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced an 80% reduction in patent application fees for all recognised educational institutions. Other News from Around the World.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

said Friday that the companies had come to a settlement resolving multiple heated tobacco and vape patent infringement suits. British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International Inc.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Supreme Court has not yet granted writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term. And, absent an unusual shadow-docket patent case, it is now too late for any case to be granted and heard this term. Still, there are a number of important patent cases pending before the court. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. , Patreon, Inc.,

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A California federal judge has dismissed Mullen Industries' wireless technology patent infringement claims against Apple after the two companies told the judge that they had reached a settlement over the allegations outside of court.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fish & Richardson obtained an initial determination at the International Trade Commission (ITC) recommending a general exclusion order for client Skull Shaver, LLC, the market leader in uniquely designed and patented handheld electric shavers and personal grooming products. 8,726,528 (“the ’528 Patent”) and U.S. Design Patent No.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

s lawsuit claiming it was deceived when it inked a deal to settle a separate patent infringement suit against B. A Pennsylvania federal judge has tossed for now Baxter International Inc.'s Braun, but left room for an amended complaint.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JUNE 16, 2013

based in Alviso, California, announced last week that it has reached a deal in its patent lawsuit against Cisco, Motorola and Time Warner Cable just in time to avoid a court trial. TiVo sued the three companies over infringement of its pioneering digital video recorder technology. Of Interest: Is TiVo Livin’ On a Patented Prayer?

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